Not until the reported abduction of over 200 young school girls from #Chibok in Borno State, North-East Nigeria in April, 2014, the menace of the Boko-Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria never gained prominence in global discuss. The #BringBackOurGirls awareness campaign on the Social Media sparked an international outrage and pressure on the Nigerian Government and the Western world to get their acts together to secure the release of the abducted school girls.

I heard with great shock, sadness, and disappointment the news of a statement issued on Sunday, June 5, 2016, by the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to Mr. President, informing the general public that President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR will proceed on a 10 day medical vacation to London from Monday, June 6, 2016, during which period he is billed to see an E.N.T. specialist for a persistent ear infection, based on a recommendation for further evaluation said to have been advanced by Mr. President's Personal Physician and an E.N.T. specialist in Abuja.

President Buhari: He is having ear problem.

Even though the nature of the persistent ear infection/specific diagnosis was not stated in the Special Adviser's press release, I wish to commend Mr. President for the medical disclosure (a departure from the past) and sincerely sympathise with him, especially at this critical stage of our country's history and development, and wish him quick recovery.

In a historical move, the African Union Diaspora African Forum (AU-DAF) hosted leading women representatives of the African Diaspora who are currently attending the various preparatory meetings, events and consultations being held in the wings of the 2016 AU Summit at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa.

Back in 2008 when the government of Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor was sacked via a high court judgement in Benin City the capital city of Nigeria's oldest state, our joy knew no bounds. We celebrated the unceremonious exit of the Peoples' Democratic Party from power considering its abysmal failure in Edo State. Under Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Edo State, we opined, would do better by bringing the dividends of democracy to the people calling to mind his days as a labour leader.

In the run-up to 2015 general elections part of the campaign promises of the All Progressives' Congress was a double assurance that should they have our votes and be voted into power the abducted girls in the dead of the night from a school dormitory at Chibok will be rescued and reunited with their families. This sounded encouraging and thus drew the attention of Nigerians and the international community.